The Yayori Award
The Yayori Award focuses on women activists, journalists, and artists who work at the grassroots level with socially marginalized peoples in order to create a 21st century free from war and discrimination against women. Younger activists are especially encouraged to apply so that the Yayori Award can support future leaders.
This year, an individual or a group will be selected from mainly the Asian region and offer an award certificate and a prize amount of 500,000 yen.
For the Women’s Human Rights Activities Award, there are two sections: the Yayori Award and the Yayori Journalist Award.
Nomination:
Individuals and groups with nominees in mind are encouraged to submit recommendations for any and all appropriate candidates through the submission of a nomination form and all applicable references. Self-nomination won’t be accepted. The reference material that is submitted will not be returned. The form and the references shall be submitted in English.
Yayori Journalist Award
The Yayori Journalist Award focuses on women journalists and artists (individuals or groups) who vividly describe and transmit the situation of women in the world with a gender perspective. Any genres of expression such as films, writings or printed material will be considered, but nominees must submit the works that show their achievement.
Nominee’s work shall be subject to publication in Japanese in the future. Thus, all submissions in language must be in Japanese.
The Yayori Journalist Award focuses on nominees with future potential rather than people who are already well-known.
The awardees will be presented with an award certificate and 500,000 yen. In the case that there are multiple awardees, the prize amount will be divided among them.
Nomination:
Individuals and groups with nominees in mind are encouraged to submit recommendations for any and all appropriate candidates through the submission of a nomination form and all applicable references. Self-nomination will be accepted. The reference material that is submitted will not be returned. The form and the references shall be submitted in Japanese.
Deadline for Nomination: August 25, 2011
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